Recent content by fulle

In most of the PS4 hard-drive comparisons I've seen, the tester uses a hybrid drive (which I think is foolish for console use), but can't put a decent fast 7200rpm drive into the comparison. It's actually getting really irritating at this point.

I could get a R9 270X for $200... and not a budget one either. A nice one, with a fancy shmancy cooler on it. Hopefully "around $200 USB" is actually "$140".

I think it's interesting that these IGPUs are essentially HALF of what's in the next gen consoles.... The 384 shaders is half of what the Xbox One has, with 768 shaders, and 512 shaders is pretty much half of a PS4's GPU.A 4 core A10 CPU isn't sufficiently powerful, and would create a CPU...

I haven't seen a circle D-Pad design that's quite like that one. Interesting. I'm curious on how it performs.

It's actually very simple. When a game developer targets lower end hardware, it doesn't matter that much if you have higher end hardware, since you'll see the same art assets that were designed for use on the lower end hardware. An example would be that Assassin's Creed 4 used the same...

This reminds me of Lucid's Virtual Vsync. Only, Lucid's solution was purely software based... and open enough that I think it was even licensed to next gen consoles. Meanwhile this requires an Nvida GPU and a Monitor that has an Nvida chip in it. I don't really get the excitement over this...

The Xbox One seems to have had a little less press than the PS4 in regards to failure rates, but both seem way way way waaaay over reported. With the PS4 Sony reported a .4% failure rate, that seemed to increase to "under 1%" due to "damage in transit". - Under 1% DOA is actually a really...

OMG, the console with 50% more GPU cores and huge memory bandwidth advantage, can run the same game at a higher resolution? I'm surprised! Maybe in the future devs can use some kind of optimizationisizing and make the weaker console more faster, based off history that's nothing like the...

I think they were referring to "hardcore" or "core" gamers in the Sales definition, being where "core" gamers are gamers who use videogames as one of their primary forms of entertainment, and purchase a level of software that would reflect that. Usually many titles throughout a year. Typical...

The PS4 actually has a GPU with a performance level that sits in between a 7850 and 7870. Not the highest end GPU out there, but consoles have an optimization advantage vs PC, so you generally need a bit beefier GPU to get the same results. On the other hand, the GTX 780M is one of the most...

I clicked on the AMA, what I observed was a bunch of angry Windows 8 users expressing a huge list of legitimate concerns, with no responses from MS whatsoever on anything that mattered. Worst AMA I've ever seen, to be honest.

It may be just a coincidence, but as soon as I connected a used 3DS to my home wifi, I started noticing unexpected charges on my account. They were small charges, so it didn't raise any red flags until the I started getting calls from the government, asking about my voting preferences. I of...

Six-axis to DS3 is a minor upgrade. You'll get Vibration feedback, but the controller would otherwise be very much the same thing. Unfortunately, most options from companies like Logitech, and Nyko, are inferior to your Six-axis... so.... I think you should wait for the DS4.

The Wii U pricing is ridiculous.

The PS4's GPU is about what a 7860 would be, if AMD would make one, with performance that sits in between a 7850 and a 7870. The GTX 660 has performance that sits in between the 7850 and 7870 as well, so it's actually a good choice if you're trying for a PS4 GPU equivalent. Unfortunately for...